Donald Trump was condemned on Friday for making the “revolting, enraging, disrespectful” claim that George Floyd, an African American man killed by police, is looking down from heaven and praising the US economy. The president attempted to take a victory lap after a better-than-expected jobs report showed the national unemployment rate falling to...

ANKARA: Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday cancelled a weekend curfew introduced to halt the spread of coronavirus, pointing to concerns over the economy. Turkey has been locked down on weekends and public holidays since April, and...

European stocks slipped on Thursday, bringing a three-day winning streak to an end, as trade tensions between the US and China flared up again and investors wait to see if the European Central Bank will boost its monetary stimulus. The Stoxx 600 Index was down 0.3 per cent by 8.17am London time. Motors, banks and insurers posted the biggest...

Al ULA, Saudi Arabia: Abeer al-Howayan despaired of ever working after spending eight years trying to find a job that would put her chemistry degree to use in the Saudi Arabian town of Al Ula. She eventually abandoned her scientific ambitions and turned to selling homemade cakes, before she was chosen last year for a government training programme...

Earlier today Xiaomi officially announced the Redmi Note 9 (pictured) and Redmi Note 9 Pro in the UK, which join the Redmi Note 9S in the company's new budget phone line-up. The phones themselves came as no surprise, having already launched globally in April, but today Xiaomi confirmed that UK pricing will begin at an attractive £179 for the...

NEW DELHI (AP) — A storm in the Arabian Sea off India's west coast intensified into a severe cyclone on Wednesday, gathering speed as it barreled toward India's financial capital of Mumbai. Nisarga was forecast to drop heavy...

Stocks closed with gains as protests against police brutality stretched into Tuesday as President TrumpDonald John TrumpSessions accepts 'Fox News Sunday' invitation to debate, Tuberville declines Priest among those police cleared from St. John's Church patio for Trump...

WASHINGTON: US PresidentDonald Trump spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the phone on Monday and discussed plans of expanding the Group of 7 to include a more diverse gathering of countries, such as India and Russia, that would better represent the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The development comes two days after...

Japanese shares hit a more than three-month high on Tuesday as hopes for a global economic recovery bolstered expectations for a rebound in corporate earnings, with more countries gradually reopening after coronavirus-related lockdowns. ......

Stocks shook off a wobbly start on Wall Street and closed broadly higher Monday, adding to the market's recent run of solid gains. The S&P 500 climbed 0.4% after wavering between small gains and losses in the early going. Banks, companies that depend on consumer spending and communications companies accounted for a big slice of the gains. Health...

Stocks are off to a weak start on Wall Street as traders worry that the U.S. and China could be headed for another confrontation, this time over the autonomy of the former British colony of Hong Kong. The S&P 500 was down more than 1% in the first few minutes of trading Friday, but it’s still headed for its third weekly gain out of the...

BEIJING (AP) — Volkswagen is spending 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) to expand its presence in China’s electric car industry in the biggest foreign investment announced since the country's economy began to reopen following the coronavirus pandemic. Volkswagen AG said Friday it will buy control of its electric vehicle venture with a Chinese partner...

Asian shares erased gains and the yuan languished on Thursday on growing worries China's planned security law for Hong Kong would spark a broader diplomatic confrontation with the United States. ......